Pain 101 is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Until end of turn, target creature gains deathtouch and "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
How it works : Pain 101
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If the target creature is a token, the granted ability will still trigger when it dies, but you won't return the token to the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Pain 101
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Pain 101 by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Pain 101, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Pain 101.
- 5Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 6When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#2
Goblin Bombardment + Dualcaster Mage + Pain 101
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Pain 101 by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Pain 101, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Pain 101.
- 5Holding priority, activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 6When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
- 8Resolve all Goblin Bombardment abilities from step 5.
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#3
Viscera Seer + Dualcaster Mage + Pain 101
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Pain 101 by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Pain 101, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Pain 101.
- 5Holding priority, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 6When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
- 8Resolve all Viscera Seer abilities from step 5.
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#4
Phyrexian Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Pain 101
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Pain 101 by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Pain 101, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Pain 101.
- 5Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 6When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#5
Dualcaster Mage + Yahenni, Undying Partisan + Pain 101
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Pain 101 by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Pain 101, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Pain 101.
- 5Holding priority, activate Yahenni by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 6When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
- 8Resolve all Yahenni abilities from step 5.
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#6
Altar of Dementia + Dualcaster Mage + Pain 101
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Pain 101 by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Pain 101, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Pain 101.
- 5Holding priority, activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 6When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
- 8Resolve all Altar of Dementia abilities from step 5.
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#7
Umbral Collar Zealot + Dualcaster Mage + Pain 101
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Pain 101 by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Pain 101, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Pain 101.
- 5Holding priority, activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 6When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
- 8Resolve all Umbral Collar Zealot abilities from step 5.
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#8
Dualcaster Mage + Carrion Feeder + Pain 101
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Pain 101 by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Pain 101, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Pain 101.
- 5Holding priority, activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 6When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
- 8Resolve all Carrion Feeder abilities from step 5.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacypaupervintagepennycommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemypaupercommanderdueltlr
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